•Environmental regulations and protection: As the menace of coal smoke receded the society changed its name (to the National Society for Clean Air) and its focus, and in the 1970s began to campaign vigorously on air pollution from industry and, increasingly, transport. During this period membership was mainly (although far from exclusively) drawn from local authorities, with some industrial membership. Perhaps the main achievement of […]

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Introduction Exchange rate is always changing, which can cause different relative price of traded goods among countries. However, when firms adopt PTM (pricing to market), price of trading goods does not change with the exchange rate, That may result in deviation from purchasing power parity theory. Many aspect of economy such as consumption, welfare distribution will change according to this behavior. This paper tries to […]

Various systemic risk regulations methods are applied to financial systems according to prevailing risk conditions and the regulations’ convolution as well as the individual uniqueness. Worldwide coordination of bank supervision can only be achieved through informal means (Felton & Reinhart, 2008, p. 37). Three mainly applied regulations are: 1. Capital Requirements: First the regulators measure each individual firm’s contribution to the systemic risk. Once the […]

Phase 1 – Intro to Economic Thinking ECON202-1302A-02: Microeconomics Colorado Technical University Joseph Keller 4/14/13 As prices increase, should health economists advocate giving something up (opportunity costs/trade-offs)? I feel that health economists should promote giving something up in as prices rise. The reason I feel this way is because as the prices increase a lot of people would not be able to pay for the […]

The black market was a response to rationing that was introduced during World War Two. While illegal, the black market became a driving force in the Home front especially in the cities – for those who could afford the prices. The activities of German U-boats in the Atlantic greatly restricted the amount of food that came into the country. Therefore the government had to introduce […]

PEST analysis of Italy 1) Political Environment From the political point of view Italy is an ideal country where to export our product. It has good international relationships, especially with other EU countries where we are already present and with the USA. There are no restrictions to the importation or the exportation of capitals and goods. The accounting system follows the International Accounting Standards (IAS), […]

Chapter 4 Study Guide The Economic Environment 1) The recent global economic financial crises have led to proposals of more or less regulations? 2) Income, purchasing power, market size, and market type are all key elements of the political or the economic environment? 3) From the sass to the most recent global economic crisis, did countries turn away from the principles and practices of free […]

Thailand has several symbols that clearly represent the Thai nation, which, apart from the national trillion flag and the national emblem, are the national flower, national animal, and Thai architecture. NATIONAL FLAG The Thai national flag, or the Training – trillion flag – is composed of five horizontal bands of red, white, and blue. The outer red bands represent the nation, built and maintained with […]

Discuss the reasons for, and consequences of social and economic groupings of nations. In this current generation exists a range of major trade blocks, for example: ASEAN – consisting of countries such as Laos, Malaysia and Singapore. However one of the most well known Trade blocs in the world today is the EU, which currently links together 27 countries. The reason as to which countries […]